[swanson]

I read the whole "Repercussions" section as from the point-of-view of a government official. The repercussions are that they start mandating and regulating - developers/companies probably don't want this, but that could be a likely fallout from more large-scale, failed, tax payer funded projects.

[maxk42]

Regulating the software industry will set us all back 100 years.

Innovation blossoms where people are free to innovate.

[kenkam]

Agreed. I will be interested to know what the lessons learned were and perhaps regulation will be the answer specifically for government projects, ie. civil projects similar to aircraft/military software development.

Edit: grammar